Kaiser Aluminum Corp

Industrials
Metal Fabrications
www.kaiseraluminum.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $1.09B
PE 25
Debt $1.04B
Cash $41.30M
EV $2.09B
FCF -$28.20M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$43.80M
EBIT	$96.40M
ROE	6%
ROA	4%
FCF	-$28.20M
Equity	$756.80M
Growth Stability	-123%
PE	24.91
PEG	1.61
PB	1.44
P/FCF	-38.7
P/S	0.36
Price/Cash	0.04
Debt/Equity	1.38
Debt/FCF	-36.95
Net Margins	3%
Gross Margins	11%
Op. Margins	3%
Earnings CAGR	-5%
Sales Growth YoY	5%
Sales Growth QoQ	2%
Sales CAGR	14%
FCF CAGR	-1%
Equity CAGR	-2%
Earnings Stability	0.08
Earnings Growth YoY	-12%
Earnings Growth QoQ	204%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	15%

Sales CAGR 5Y	23%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-2%
Equity CAGR 5Y	-2%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-6%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-6%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-2%
Equity CAGR 3Y	4%
Market Cap	$1.09B
Revenue	$3.06B
Dividend Yield	5%
Payout Ratio	116%
Assets	$2.44B
Total Debt	$1.04B
Cash	$41.30M
Shares Outstanding	16.12M
EV	2.09B
Earnings Score	5%
Moat Score	60%
Safety Score	36%
Final Score	34%
Working Capital	683.8M
Current Ratio	2.67
Gross Profit	$342.30M
Shares Growth 3y	1%
Equity Growth QoQ	13%
Equity Growth YoY	14%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Kaiser Aluminum Corp produces and sells semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products primarily to industrial customers. The firm purchases primary and scrap aluminum, primarily from its five largest suppliers, and processes it into specialized value-added products. The company hedges its aluminum costs in an attempt to match commodity price changes between the time it purchases the raw materials and sells the finished products. Kaiser produces high-strength aluminum products for the aerospace industry, specialized aluminum extrusions for the automotive industry, and also sells products to customers in the general engineering industry. Nearly all of Kaiser's revenue is generated in the US, with the remainder coming from Canada. The company's operations are also located in the US and Canada.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Kaiser Aluminum Corp (KALU) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Kaiser Aluminum Corp compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Kaiser Aluminum Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR -5%

Stability 8%

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Kaiser Aluminum Corp Discounted Cash Flow

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= -$268M

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	-$28M	-$28M	-$28M	-$28M	-$27M	-$27M	-$27M	-$27M	-$27M	-$26M	-$26M	-$262M
DCF		-$25M	-$23M	-$21M	-$19M	-$17M	-$15M	-$14M	-$12M	-$11M	-$10M	-$101M
Value	-$268M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	-17%	7%	3%	6%	4%	2%	-1%	-1%	2%	2%	3%
ROA	-	12%	11%	10%	8%	4%	3%	0%	4%	4%	4%
ROE	-	11%	6%	12%	8%	4%	-3%	-5%	7%	7%	6%

Bad Net Margins (2.78%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	4.18	5.6	4.87	2.86	5.41	48.43	-5.05	15.14	-76.03	-36.95
Debt over Equity	0.26	0.46	0.5	0.5	0.67	1.14	1.5	1.64	1.59	1.56	1.38
Growth Stability	-	-	-	-	81%	43%	-30%	-123%	-	-	-123%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (-36.95)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.38)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-123%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-4%	5%	13%	-5%	-23%	124%	31%	-10%	-2%	23%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-139%	-50%	102%	-32%	-54%	-164%	60%	-259%	-1%	15%
Equity YoY growth	-	4%	-7%	-1%	-1%	-0%	-5%	-9%	3%	2%	-2%
FCF YoY growth	-	-8%	-25%	15%	126%	-10%	-86%	-1K%	-133%	-120%	-2%